Wood Group has led a global project to improve industry knowledge and understanding of flexible pipe integrity management. The findings of the Sureflex joint industry project (JIP) are published today by Oil & Gas UK (Tuesday 5 September) in a report, Flexible Pipe Integrity Management Guidance & Go
Halfwave has been awarded a long-term contract by Inpex Australia for base line subsea launch in-line inspection. The scope of work includes a custom built 42” Acoustic Resonance Technology (ART) Scan by Halfwave to inspect the subsea pipeline that requires a low flow subsea launch with high speed i
Great Yarmouth-based Subsea Technology & Rentals (STR) has set up a new facility in Cults, Aberdeen. The second facility within the United Kingdom represents a strategic expansion, driven by STR’s Managing Director Scott Johnstone, and should allow STR to provide its full suite of technology and sup
Oil and gas inspection services company Halfwave has been awarded a contract by Inpex for work on the Ichthys LNG Project offshore Australia. Halfwave said that the long-term contract awarded by Inpex Australia was for base line subsea launch in-line inspection. The scope of work includes a custom b
Siemens has developed Topsides 4.0, a solution aimed to facilitate offshore production transition to a fully digital operation. Siemens said on Tuesday that the solution was designed to reduce project cycle time, minimize unplanned downtime, and reduce offshore manning for operations and asset monit
Blue Ocean Monitoring conducted the Yampi geochemical glider survey (Yampi project) a research and development project undertaken, and wholly funded by Blue Ocean Monitoring. The Yampi project built on the knowledge gained from previous geochemical surveys and incorporated the use of methane sensor
Underwater robotics company, Saab Seaeye, has joined the National Oceanography Centre’s (NOC) Marine Robotics Innovation Centre, as an Associate Member. For Saab Seaeye, the NOC is an important hub in the development of underwater autonomous and robotic systems, and this new membership should furthe
Swire Seabed and Seabed Solutions have signed an exclusive cooperation agreement for the provision of subsea dredging services worldwide. The expertise of the two companies is complementary, with Swire Seabed providing the Seabed Excavator, subsea dredging vehicle, and Seabed Solutions years of dred
Swire Seabed and Seabed Solutions have signed an exclusive cooperation agreement for the provision of subsea dredging services worldwide. The expertise of the two companies is complementary, with Swire Seabed providing the Seabed Excavator, a state-of-the-art tracked subsea dredging vehicle with num
Swan Hunter has awarded a fabrication contract for a new build modular basket carousel in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The carousel, to be offered in 15 meter – 28 meter diameters, provides storage capacities of 2000Te – 7000Te. Hamish Cullens, package manager, said: “This contract award marks anothe
CSA Ocean Sciences (CSA) and Okeanus Science & Technology are working together to stage a full-range of specialized survey and monitoring equipment in Louisiana to deploy in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. The setup should help evaluate the storm’s impact on coast lines, waterways, bayo
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) has announced the 8th edition of the Glider School, the hands-on training forum on ocean-glider technology, which will be held as usual in Gran Canaria, Spain, during the second week of November. The educational contents of the Glider School will c
Alseamar had launched in March 2016 a glider of its SeaExplorer fleet on a site leaking gas seeps from the seabed. This site known of oceanographers allowed to validate for the first time with a glider, the detection of these seeps present on the continental slope and to acquire unpublished data on
Tidal power developer Atlantis said that the third Andritz Hydro Hammerfest (AHH) turbine was reinstalled this week, as part of the Phase 1A of the MeyGen project in the Pentland Firth. The offshore works were executed by the Atlantis offshore operations team. All three AHH turbines, which were reco
